Several Syrian opposition groups concluded a two-day meeting in
Cairo on Saturday, agreeing on 10 recommendations to solve the crisis in
their country, according to a joint statement.

The talks between the opposition groups began Thursday at an
Egyptian foreign ministry office in a bid to unite their front against
Bashar Al-Assad's regime.

The meeting outcomes focused mainly on demanding a transitional
process containing joint oppositional bodies, and abiding by the Geneva
I communique adopted by the UN Security Council resolution No 2118/2013.

The talks witnessed a turnout form a broad array of oppositional
figures in Syria, including Fayez Sarah, Ahmed Al-Jarbah, and Hassan
Abdul Azeem. Ahead of the talks, the National Coalition for Syrian
Opposition said it has not received a formal invitation to attend the
talks, but some of its individual members were personally invited.

Painfully aware of the opposition divisions' impact on
citizens, the attendees demanded an agreement between all opposition
parties to eradicate the military presence in Syria. They also demanded
the release of all hostages and detainees, and protection for citizens
living in besieged provinces.

Moreover, the talk's attendees called on the banning of any
weapons whether from the Syrian state or from rebel troops. They also
requested from all countries especially the regional ones and the Syrian
citizens to support their political resolutions which attempt to
overcome the conflict.

This was the second meeting of its kind to be held in Cairo between
Syrian oppositional forces following one in 2012, however the situation
has since only been getting worse. The Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights, an independent group for documenting Syrian casualties,
announced 17,790 of the dead in 2014 were civilians, including 3,501
children.

A new meeting, also in Cairo, will be held in the spring, to follow
up with the political resolution in post-Al-Assad Syria according to the
Geneva I communique, the statement added.

Russia, known for its sympathies with the Al-Assad regime since the
conflict's 2011 commencement, will receive Al-Assad government and
opposition figures in Moscow at the end of January to discuss further
political solutions.